@rocknroller912 although I suspect he will find that not much of it is useable for instruments. Phew! That’s me off the hook. Cosy log fires it is!

@darrenking Email me your address and I’ll send your good lady some for Christmas It is done!

An alternative to years of air drying for a solid body could be polyethylene glycol or PEG. Off-topic but interesting. My darling dear (for it is she) does pyrography, and thin slices of log are alwa...

@rocknroller912 Yeah, I heard chestnut was reasonable for carving but not much good for tonewood. At some point I’ll need to fell some of the sycamore. There’s a carpenter over by with a chainsaw and ...

@boo I managed to give myself four stitches in the head with a shovel last year. A chain saw doesn’t bear thinking about.

Horse Chestnut anyone? Attachment : F52B32A2-36F1-46E0-8D24-DB514A5B3F3B.jpeg We bought the house 18 months ago with an acre of abandoned garden on a steep slope at the back. It’s full of larch...

I agree with Les (Otters). I want to build an arch top, not a 335. But the 335 construction, and in particular the neck join, really interests me. It looks like more like a set-neck than a traditional...

Yeah, for simplicity’s sake, let’s say I’m just down the road from Cnocbaileidh.

Thanks Darren, that second one is really useful. - necks tenons are finessed by hand with a chisel - Gibson Memphis have their pre-slotted fingerboards supplied by a third party. I’m amazed Mark find...

*One of my favourite workhorse guitars is the Yamaha RGX A2. It is has an LED in the pickup switch. You would not believe the response this gets from other guitar players, from confusion to speechless...

Darren, I reckon you probably know as much about the strength of laminates as anyone. And a 335 is glorified solid guitar with an ornamental shell for mounting pots, switch and scratch plate. However,...

Hi Darren, My Yamaha AES1500 has an almost 5mm thick top (I try not to do inches). And unlike the 335, it has a neck block and bridge block with a couple of top braces supporting the pickups, rather t...

@rocknroller912 I would glue in a temporary dowel as a starting point then use a brad point or spade drill bit with a point to get a true round hole. Find the centre of the dowel before you glue it i...

Thanks all. 😀 That’s helped clear my thinking. Right enough, I’m most concerned about the strength of the glued plug. And I can’t use a longer screw because there’s a chamber 30-40mm in. Alth...

So, there I was swanning roon the hoose, with my restored, vintage US built Peavey Generation S3 chambered tele swung over my shoulder and hanging down my back. And then, all of a sudden, the bottom s...

Simples! We just need a guitarmaking.co.uk template set!

Bugger, png with a transparent background isn’t a lot of use, and I can’t edit the post so I’ll add this addendum: Attachment : 335 body contours v5 left.jpg

Hi Darren, I’m probably completely overthinking the issues here, but I’m trying to work out how to fit a 335 style laminated guitar body into a Bailey style workflow. For the avoidance of doubt, I don...

Fascinating! So, what implications does this have for neck width, heel width and neck joint? I’ve been trying to work out the best way of building a 3D model that would allow for flexibility in how yo...

Forgive the cynic in me, but I know so many people who like to make things, from tea cakes to dresses to guitars to arts n’ crafts and think they can build a business out of it. But the only people wh...